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HAROLD GREGSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,611, dated September 29, 1896.

I l Application filed October 25, 1895. Serial No. 566,831. (No model.)

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Be it knownthat I, HAROLD GREGsoN, of Detroit, in the county of VVayn'e and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gaines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a game especially adapted to represent a battlefield, or a iield in which twoparties are contesting for supremacy; and the object of the invention is to provide a eld divided into predetermined sections, and a number of movable objects representing men adaptedto be placed upon the iield in predetermined arrangement, and, furthermore, to provide a catapult mounted to revolve in the said field, and a projectile to be thrown from the catapult and when thrown to engage with one or more of the objects representing the contestingpersons.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this s peoiiication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of thegame-board. Fig. 2 ,is a vertical longitudinal section through the same; and Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal section through thev board and also a section through the catapult, the board and catapult being enlarged.

In carrying out the invention the board A may be constructed of any suitable material, and is provided with a marginal iiange B, which flange is covered upon its inner face with a lining or padding 10, of rubber or other elastic material. rlhe bottom of the board is preferably covered with fabric 11, and on this fabric a number of squares 12 and 13 is produced, the squares being alternately arranged, the said squares l2 and 13 being at the sides and ends of the board, and in each corner a square or a space 14 is provided, and these corner spaces are preferably designated as hospitals The alternate squares between the hospital squares "or spaces are intended to represent the play or camping ground, fortifications,Y or intrenchments of two opposing. parties, and these alternating squares are designated as C and J. v The squares designated as C represent the property of Chinese, While the squares J will represent the Japanese point of vantage. Two series of balls or other rolling objects are also provided, and the balls of each series are preferably of different diameter. The smaller balls 15, for example, will represent Japanese soldiers or people, while the larger balls 16 will represent Chinese soldiers or people, and each series of balls is arranged in a horizontal line opposite the alternate squares at each side of the board. The balls 15 and 16 are preferably made of wood or other light material. The space surrounded by the alternate squares 12 and 13 and the hospitalsquares 14 may be designated as afield 17, and preferably in the center of this field a catapult C is mounted to revolve. This catapult is made of metal, preferably, and comprises a central pocket 1S, open at the top and closed at the bottom, and two or more tubular arms 19 are projected from the said pocket, each having communication Vtherewith, and preferably each arm is provided with a weight 2O at or near its outer eX- tremity. These arms are open at their outer ends as well as at their inner ends, and in the center of the board a block 21 is secured in any suitable or approved manner, and in the bottom of the pocket a pivot 22 is fastened, adapted to turn in the center of the said block. In connection with the catapult a projectile 23 is employed, and the said projectile is preferably made of steel or metal, or of a material which is heavier than the material from which the balls 15 and 16, representing soldiers or people, are made.

The game can be played by two or more persons. The first person will turn or revolve the catapult C, and when the catapult has attained a certain force the projectile 23 is dropped into the. pocket 18. The projectile will thereupon be projected orpropelled from one of the tubular arms 19 with great force, and may strike, perhaps, a ball 15, representing a Japanese. The said ball representing a Japanese may strike a ball 16, representing a Chinese, and knockthe Chinese ball on either a Chinese oraJapanese reservation orsquare, and the projectile, continuing its movement, may strike more of either the balls 15 or 16, and the path that the projectile will take can- IOO not readily be foreseen, since it may strike the side cushions or one of a number of projections 24, covered with an elastic material and located at the corners of the outer line of the reservations 12 and 13.

The points in the game played as above set forth are to place a Chinese and a Japanese ball on the same square or reservation at the same time. For example, if a Japanese ball is on a square or reservation marked J, and the projectile should knock a Chinese ball on the said square and force the Japanese ball off, the party playing the Chinese side of the game would score a point, and vice versa. In the event the projectile should simply graze a Japanese or a Chinese ball without perceptibly moving it, the ball so struck will be placed in one of the squares 14, designated as the hospitah and must be forccdtherefrom to score a point.

It will be understood, however, that the game is capable of many variations, and that by reason of the weights 2O on the outer ends of the catapult the said catapult may attain considerable velocity when it is properly spun around. The catapult does not leave the board at any time, being pivotally connected therewith, and the projectile is forced from the catapult with great force, and the movement of the catapult in practice may be so controlled that the projectile may be thrown in direction of either. one side or the other of the board, or to contact With any one of the two series of balls 15 and 1G.

Having thus described :my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a game, a gameboard provided with a marginal iiange having an elastic cushion upon its inner face, the said board being arranged in a series of marginal spaces, being variously designated, balls representing objects adaptcd to be located in series in front of the spaces, a revoluble catapult mounted upon the said board Within the field inclosed by the said spaces, and a proj ectilc of a heavier material than the aforesaid balls, adapted to be placed in the said catapult and to be thrown therefrom upon revolving said catapult, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a game, a board provided with a marginal flange having a cushion upon its inner face and provided upon its bottom with a series of marginal spaces variously designated and surrounding a central field, balls representing persons or objects, said balls being in series of different sizes and adapted to be arranged Within the field along the aforesaid spaces, a catapult pivotally mounted in the said field, and a projectile of a weightier substance than that of which the balls are constructed, adapted to be placed in the said catapult, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a game, a game-board, the same being provided with a marginal inte1-iorlycushioned flange, the bottom having spaces thereon variously designated, and elastic projections located adjacent to the inner sides of the said spaces, balls adapted to be arranged along the said spaces in the iield inclosed thereby, a catapult mounted to turn in the said field, and a projectile adapted to be carricd by and expelled from the said catapult, as and for the purpose speciied,

HAROLD G'REGSON. lVitnesses:

WILLIAM YOUNG, BENJAMIN A. KARRER. 

